Research Areas

Workshops

1st International Workshop on Analytics for Cyber-Physical Systems (ACS-2012) Held in Conjunction With SIAM Data Mining (SDM-2012),
April 26-28, 2012
AGU Fall Meeting 2011, December 5-9, 2011, San Francisco, California, USA

Population and Critical Infrastructure Modeling

High-Resolution Population and Social Dynamics

Research in this thrust area includes algorithm and model development relating to high resolution spatiotemporal mapping of population, socio-economic indices, and population-infrastructure dependency. Current research and projects incorporate a variety of modeling techniques, disparate data integration, pattern recognition techniques, and complex statistical analysis of demographic data using high performance computing. Landmark products developed as part of this research include the LandScan USA and LandScan Global Population Databases.

Projects

Extraction of Nonlinear Climate-Hydrology Associations from Short and Noisy Time Series
LandScan Global
LandScan LandCover
LandScan USA

Publications

Social Media

Highlights

New ORNL Technology to help KUB Customers Understand Their Bill
January 27, 2012, WATE.COM – If you think there's a problem with your utility charges or how your meter's being read, all you may be able to do is call your utility company.

Grid Visualization Efforts Helped Heal After Hurricane
September 26, 2011 – By many counts, Irene was the worst hurricane the U.S. East Coast has had to contend with since 2003. For those inland areas hit hardest by flooding, restoration will likely continue for years.

Joplin, Missouri Tornado: Do People Fail to Respond to Tornado Warnings?
Jenniffer Santos-Hernandez at Oak Ridge National Laboratory helped conduct a phone survey of more than 600 people in Oklahoma, Kansas, Minnesota, Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama.